Dee celebrates her 36th birthday today, making this the third birthday she will have spent at sea in recent years. Dee has received messages of support from all over the globe since she began the Vendée Globe race back in November, but she was certainly not expecting birthday wishes from sporting greats such as Sir Matthew Pinsent, Dame Kelly Holmes, Jonathan Edwards, Dean Macey and Colin Jackson.On receiving the messages on board Aviva, Dee Caffari commented:“It is just so cool that these guys have taken the time to remember that I’m out here and it’s my birthday. To have them celebrating it with me is such a morale boost. I seem to spend a lot of birthdays on my own at sea so it’s just brilliant to have messages from my own sporting heroes!”If you’d like to send Dee a special birthday message please log on to http://www.avivaoceanracing.com/index.asp?pageid=18.
Today she used her well honed talents for finding carefully hidden presents aboard Aviva to discover a few birthday treats stashed away by her shore team. To view Dee’s birthday video log onto http://www.avivaoceanracing.com/index.asp?pageid=40
Today she used her well honed talents for finding carefully hidden presents aboard Aviva to discover a few birthday treats stashed away by her shore team. To view Dee’s birthday video log onto http://www.avivaoceanracing.com/index.asp?pageid=40
Earlier in the week, the conditions allowed Dee to give some much needed attention to her damaged mainsail. Using a 6 metre x 4 metre section of her code 5 sail and a variety of different adhesives onboard she managed to patch up her confetti shedding mainsail. As Dee hoisted the main, after three laborious hours, the repairs were already beginning to show signs of peeling away. The ‘saga of the mainsail’ will no doubt plague Dee to the finish line but she has vowed that it will not dampen spirits. She is still determined to complete the Vendée Globe and become the first woman to sail solo, non-stop both ways around the world.
